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“Cut the fat of the pig into small pieces. Fry them until they are well cooked” (Panayiota Mikkeli, Kyperounda, Limassol).
Name - Recipe
Fried pieces of lard (pork fat).
Titsiries are small pieces of pork fat, the remains of melting pork fat in the pan. PLT < titsiros, i.e., naked, because they are fried to remove all the fat, they are stripped of fat (Kypri 1983 [2003²], article τιτσιρίδες,οι 40)
Pork fat
Salt
Cut the pork fat into small pieces. Fry them until they are well cooked. Add salt and eat them with bread.
Frying.
Additional information and bibliography
Kypri T. D. (ed.) (1983 [2003²]), Materials for the compilation of a historical dictionary of the Cypriot dialect, Part B, Glossary of Xenophontos P. Pharmakidou, Publications of the Centre for Scientific Research, IX, Nicosia. .
Oral testimony: Panayiota Mikkeli, 41 years old, Kyperounda (see Kourri, P. and Lazarou, S. (eds.) (2007). Traditional recipes of the village of Kyperounda, unpublished data).
Stalo Lazarou, Argyro Xenophontos
Traditional Recipes
Laopittes
"We used to make laopittes when we had a surplus of pork fat and especially during Christmas when the whole family would gather." (Marina Kattou, Vouni Limassol)
Traditional Recipes
Litratžénes with vaklin (lamb tail fat)
Pittes (flatbreads) with vaklin (lamb tail fat).
Traditional Recipes
Pilaf bulgur with titsiri(d)es
Fatty titsiries added to pilaf pourkouri give a special taste and aroma.
Traditional Recipes
Titsiri(d)es Souvlakia
“We fry the titsiries and then add parsley and lemon. We put them on the skewers and eat them as souvlaki (kebab)”. (Iphigenia Eleftheriou, Kyperounda)
Foods
Titsiria (pl. titsiri(d)es), tsirintz̆in (pl.tsirintz̆ia)
The remainder of rendered pork fat in a pan.
Traditional Recipes
Titsirópittes
These are pittes (bread) with titsirides, i.e. fried pieces of pork fat.